Where is this?

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 9:01 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Not the city centre end and totall different windows but they can be changed. About the same size and the 'pillars on the corners are similar. What do you think?http://goo.gl/maps/pWbT Nice one.....looks ok to me.

somme1916 · Post by **somme1916** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 9:01 pm

Cardiarms wrote: Not the city centre end and totall different windows but they can be changed. About the same size and the 'pillars on the corners are similar. What do you think?http://goo.gl/maps/pWbT Nice one.....looks ok to me.

liits · Post by **liits** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 9:22 pm

as you can see from the upper picture, 2 Regent Street is adjacent to Skinner Lane so it looks like Street View link by Cardiarms is indeed the same building.

Johnny39 · Post by **Johnny39** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 10:08 pm

Brunel wrote: This one used to be a Garage, poss. Arnold G Wilson.looks like it is from the 20's.. 30'shttp://goo.gl/maps/KB4A I think it could be Cox & Co. but I may well be wrong - usually am.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 10:19 pm

Caron wrote: Leodian wrote: OVIS'. Well spotted, Leodian. My art teacher would say you have a seeing eye and not a glancing A 'Finlayson' as we say:-

Brunel · Post by **Brunel** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 10:37 pm

@Johnny39I think it could be Cox & Co. but I may well be wrong - usually am. You are correct, it was Cox & co.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Tue 03 Jul, 2012 11:54 pm

Seem to remember fromyears ago talking to Mam and Granthat the owners were riginally Russian Jews calledMakovski or similar.The shop sigs Mac Sky really looked likeMAC of SKYIf you look at the photo there is a gap between the two names with room for a little 'of'

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Wed 04 Jul, 2012 12:01 am

dogduke, that's interesting as many jews altered their surnames. My brother in laws family were Moskovitch but changed their surname to Moss.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Wed 04 Jul, 2012 12:07 am

From Leodis14th August 1935. View of north-east side of Byron Street taken from SW corner of the junction with Regent Street. Centre right at number 83 is Mac-Sky Stores (prop. Sam Macofsky) Two men and a boy pose in the entrance to shop. Row is a mixture of houses and shops, mainly derelict. Photo is facing uphill towards North Street. The roof of the Polish -Jewish synagogue is just visible (NE side, background left) Adverts and bill posters can be seen.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Wed 04 Jul, 2012 12:41 am

dogduke wrote: From Leodis14th August 1935. View of north-east side of Byron Street taken from SW corner of the junction with Regent Street. Centre right at number 83 is Mac-Sky Stores (prop. Sam Macofsky) Two men and a boy pose in the entrance to shop. Row is a mixture of houses and shops, mainly derelict. Photo is facing uphill towards North Street. The roof of the Polish -Jewish synagogue is just visible (NE side, background left) Adverts and bill posters can be seen. Brill